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WILLIE JAMES OAKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1949 – November 28, 1971
Service recordWillie James Oaks, of Beattyville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 78
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Beattyville, Kentucky (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1971; 34 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 78
- STEVEN JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
- MARTIN KEITH NISKANENCaptain · November 28, 1971
- DANIEL EUGENE NYEStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 74
- VINCENT BERNALPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 74
- RONALD DEE CARLETONSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 74
- JERALD WAYNE CARTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 74
- BILLY RAY COFFEYSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 75
- HOWARD LEBRON COLBAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 75
- MICHAEL ALAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 75
- RICHARD EUGENE GARRETSONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 75
- JOHN HENRY HAREPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 75
- WILL ROY DANTZLERSpecialist Six · Panel 2W, Line 76
- JOEL STEVENS IVEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 76
- TERRY GUS KUGLERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 76
- ROBERT JOSEPH LADENSACKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 76
- ARCHIE THOMAS LUCYSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 77
- GEORGE PAUL MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 77
- ALPHONZA MASONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 77
- MICHAEL OWEN MAYBEECorporal · Panel 2W, Line 77
- ROBERT DEE MAYNARDSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 77
- STEVEN JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 78
- MARTIN KEITH NISKANENCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 78
- DANIEL EUGENE NYEStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 78
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 78
- OSCAR PAULLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 79
- BRINSLEY BERNARD RAMOSSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 79
From Beattyville
- JIMMY HARRISSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DARIUS E BROWNSpecialist Five · October 13, 1966
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · May 5, 1968
- HARRY E BATESSpecialist Five · December 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEE VANDERPOOLSergeant · December 24, 1968
- JAKE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.